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Against the backdrop of the recent trend towards mega-regional
trade initiatives, this book addresses the most topical issues that
lie at the intersection of law and technology. By assessing
international law and the political economy, the contributing
authors offer an enhanced understanding of the challenges of
diverging regulatory approaches to innovation. With contributions
from leading scholars in the field, this book presents a
collaborative effort to map out the new dynamics shaped by
scientific and technological advances and corresponding regulatory
approaches. Starting with the trend of regulatory cooperation, the
book focuses on prominent fields in international trade,
information technology, energy, and public health. The final
section reflects upon the position of intellectual property rights,
a key concern in cross-border trade. This work is the first of its
kind to give a timely review and assessment of the most critical
challenges facing policymakers and academics in the newest wave of
transformation in global trade governance. The book will appeal to
academics who are researching in international economic law,
technology law and policy, and political science. Practitioners and
policy makers who are active in the field of international trade
will also find great value in this work. Contributors include:
W.-M. Choi, S.-J. Feng, M.-Z. Gao, B. Hazucha, C.-F. Lin, H.-W.
Liu, C.-F. Lo, P. Mavroidis, B. Mercurio, Y. Naiki, S.-Y. Peng, S.
Shadikhodjaev, R.H. Weber, M. Wu, P. Yu
Based on the fieldwork carried out at two elementary schools,
Merits School and Pioneer School, in northeastern China, the
monograph details how local schools enacted the New Mathematics
Curriculum Reform that was launched in early 2000. The trajectory
of the reform implementation at each school was plotted out. Both
schools resorted to a long-standing quality control mechanism,
i.e., teaching norms, to operationalize the reform ideas. The
mechanism functioned by placing teachers under measurable
supervision and evaluation aligned with the reform. The schools
responded to the reform following school people’s raising
practical concerns, as well as the established school culture.
Merits School arrived at a "two-faced strategy" to cope with the
reform. Pioneer School managed to maintain a balance between
promoting reform pedagogy and maintaining good test rankings. Both
schools marginally involved parents in the implementation of the
reform. This study suggests that to achieve success, reformers need
to place equal emphasis on the transformation of teachers as well
as local policymakers. This book enriches the existing literature
on the implementation of mathematics curriculum reform at the
school level and brings insights into the schools’ implementation
decisions, which will appeal to policymakers, curriculum
researchers and administrators.
Chinese grammar is characterized by its simple structure, lack of
inflections, and wide use of monosyllabic morphemes. With the
increased popularity of learning Chinese as a second language,
there is a demand for a guide to Chinese grammar that's targeted at
second language learners. This four-volume set is one of the
earliest and most influential works of Chinese grammar, with a
special focus on teaching and learning Chinese as a second
language. Drawing on rich teaching experience, the authors analyze
a myriad of real-world examples to describe Chinese grammatical
phenomena and rules while introducing the general grammar system of
Chinese. This volume introduces several simple sentence and
compound sentence structures of modern Chinese grammar. In
addition, the authors examine discourse and other larger units of
sentences in use. Since the first edition came out in 1983, this
set has been revised twice and remained one of the best sellers in
the field. Practitioners and scholars of teaching Chinese as a
second language, as well as students with a basic knowledge of
Chinese, will find it to be a handy reference.
Chinese grammar is characterized by its simple structure, lack of
inflections, and wide use of monosyllabic morphemes. With the
increasing popularity of learning Chinese as a second language,
there is a demand for a guide to Chinese grammar that's targeted at
second language learners. This four-volume set is one of the
earliest and most influential works on Chinese grammar, with a
special focus on teaching and learning Chinese as a second
language. Utilizing their rich teaching experience, the authors
analyze a myriad of authentic examples to describe the Chinese
grammatical phenomenon and rules. This volume introduces the
functional words in modern Chinese grammar, which include
prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliary verbs, onomatopoeia, and
interjections. Since the first edition came out in 1983, this set
has been revised twice and remained one of the best sellers in this
topic. Practitioners and scholars of teaching Chinese as a second
language, as well as students with a basic knowledge of Chinese,
will find it a handy reference.
Based on the fieldwork carried out at two elementary schools,
Merits School and Pioneer School, in northeastern China, the
monograph details how local schools enacted the New Mathematics
Curriculum Reform that was launched in early 2000. The trajectory
of the reform implementation at each school was plotted out. Both
schools resorted to a long-standing quality control mechanism,
i.e., teaching norms, to operationalize the reform ideas. The
mechanism functioned by placing teachers under measurable
supervision and evaluation aligned with the reform. The schools
responded to the reform following school people's raising practical
concerns, as well as the established school culture. Merits School
arrived at a "two-faced strategy" to cope with the reform. Pioneer
School managed to maintain a balance between promoting reform
pedagogy and maintaining good test rankings. Both schools
marginally involved parents in the implementation of the reform.
This study suggests that to achieve success, reformers need to
place equal emphasis on the transformation of teachers as well as
local policymakers. This book enriches the existing literature on
the implementation of mathematics curriculum reform at the school
level and brings insights into the schools' implementation
decisions, which will appeal to policymakers, curriculum
researchers and administrators.
This book provides a survey of the latest research and developments
in plasma technology. In an easy and comprehensive manner, it
explores what plasma is and the technologies utilized to produce
plasma. It then investigates the main applications and their
benefits. Different from other books on the topic that focus on
specific aspects of plasma technology, the intention is to provide
an introduction to all aspects related to plasma technologies. This
book will be an ideal resource for graduate students studying
plasma technologies, in addition to researchers in physics,
engineering, and materials science. Features Accessible and easy to
understand Provides simple yet exhaustive explanations of the
foundations Explores the latest technologies and is filled with
practical applications and case studies
Nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure plasma jets (N-APPJs) generate
plasma in open space rather than in a confined chamber and can be
utilized for applications in medicine. This book provides a
complete introduction to this fast-emerging field, from the
fundamental physics, to experimental approaches, to plasma and
reactive species diagnostics. It provides an overview of the
development of a wide range of plasma jet devices and their
fundamental mechanisms. The book concludes with a discussion of the
exciting application of plasmas for cancer treatment. The book
provides details on experimental methods including expert tips and
caveats. covers novel devices driven by various power sources and
the impact of operating conditions on concentrations and fluxes of
the reactive species. discusses the latest advances including
theory, modeling, and simulation approaches. gives an introduction,
overview and details on state of the art diagnostics of small scale
high gradient atmospheric pressure plasmas. covers the use of
N-APPJs for cancer applications, including discussion of
destruction of cancer cells, mechanisms of action, and selectivity
studies. XinPei Lu is a Chair Professor in the School of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and
Technology. Stephan Reuter is currently Visiting Professor at
Universite Paris-Saclay. In a recent Alexander von Humboldt
research fellowship at Princeton University, he performed ultrafast
laser spectroscopy on cold plasmas. Mounir Laroussi is Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Plasma
Engineering and Medicine Institute at Old Dominion University. He
is a Fellow of IEEE and recipient of an IEEE Merit Award. DaWei Liu
is Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Chinese grammar is characterized by its simple structure, lack of
inflections, and wide use of monosyllabic morphemes. With the
increased popularity of learning Chinese as a second language,
there is a demand for a guide to Chinese grammar that's targeted at
second language learners. This four-volume set is one of the
earliest and most influential works of Chinese grammar, with a
special focus on teaching and learning Chinese as a second
language. Drawing on rich teaching experience, the authors analyze
a myriad of real-world examples to describe Chinese grammatical
phenomena and rules while introducing the general grammar system of
Chinese. This volume introduces several simple sentence and
compound sentence structures of modern Chinese grammar. In
addition, the authors examine discourse and other larger units of
sentences in use. Since the first edition came out in 1983, this
set has been revised twice and remained one of the best sellers in
the field. Practitioners and scholars of teaching Chinese as a
second language, as well as students with a basic knowledge of
Chinese, will find it to be a handy reference.
Chinese grammar is characterized by its simple structure, lack of
inflections, and wide use of monosyllabic morphemes. With the
increasing popularity of learning Chinese as a second language,
there is a demand for a guide to Chinese grammar that's targeted at
second language learners. This four-volume set is one of the
earliest and most influential works on Chinese grammar, with a
special focus on teaching and learning Chinese as a second
language. Utilizing their rich teaching experience, the authors
analyze a myriad of authentic examples to describe the Chinese
grammatical phenomenon and rules. This volume introduces the
functional words in modern Chinese grammar, which include
prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliary verbs, onomatopoeia, and
interjections. Since the first edition came out in 1983, this set
has been revised twice and remained one of the best sellers in this
topic. Practitioners and scholars of teaching Chinese as a second
language, as well as students with a basic knowledge of Chinese,
will find it a handy reference.
China has traditionally been held up around the world as the
archetype of centralised governance and a top-down system of public
administration. But to what extent does this remain true of modern
China? This book provides an updated perspective on modern China
through a series of cutting edge, original studies focusing on
public administration in China. The book opens with an overview of
the key political institutions and the evolution of public
administration research in China, followed by two distinct
sections. Part I contains studies focusing on power, governance,
and administration. Part II focuses on 'what works' in solving
wicked problems in Chinese society. The volume shows that China has
seen some localisation and decentralisation, alongside experiments
with collaboration and networked-based policy making. However, the
system of governance and public administration remains innately
top-down and centralised with the centre holding strong policy
levers and control over society. As the pandemic revealed, this
statist approach provided both governing opportunities and
disadvantages. The chapters in this book were originally published
as a special issue of Policy Studies.
Nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure plasma jets (N-APPJs) generate
plasma in open space rather than in a confined chamber and can be
utilized for applications in medicine. This book provides a
complete introduction to this fast-emerging field, from the
fundamental physics, to experimental approaches, to plasma and
reactive species diagnostics. It provides an overview of the
development of a wide range of plasma jet devices and their
fundamental mechanisms. The book concludes with a discussion of the
exciting application of plasmas for cancer treatment. The book
provides details on experimental methods including expert tips and
caveats. covers novel devices driven by various power sources and
the impact of operating conditions on concentrations and fluxes of
the reactive species. discusses the latest advances including
theory, modeling, and simulation approaches. gives an introduction,
overview and details on state of the art diagnostics of small scale
high gradient atmospheric pressure plasmas. covers the use of
N-APPJs for cancer applications, including discussion of
destruction of cancer cells, mechanisms of action, and selectivity
studies. XinPei Lu is a Chair Professor in the School of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and
Technology. Stephan Reuter is currently Visiting Professor at
Universite Paris-Saclay. In a recent Alexander von Humboldt
research fellowship at Princeton University, he performed ultrafast
laser spectroscopy on cold plasmas. Mounir Laroussi is Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Plasma
Engineering and Medicine Institute at Old Dominion University. He
is a Fellow of IEEE and recipient of an IEEE Merit Award. DaWei Liu
is Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
This book provides a comprehensive view of global urban
competitiveness, offers a useful methodology for its comparative
study in different socioeconomic and territorial contexts, and is
supplemented with reflections and case studies from around the
world. Reading it is highly recommended to understand contemporary
patterns in industrial and services location among cities, and the
effects of such spatial concentration in the urban labor markets
and in the quality of life of the urban population.' - Jaime
Sobrino, El Colegio de Mexico'Theoretically informed contributions
to this empirically rich text introduce a timely critical
perspective to the urban competitiveness literature, emphasizing
that the notion of competitiveness applied in economic analysis
cannot be conferred simplistically on city relations. A range of
environmental, cohesion, technological innovation, cultural
diversity and governance alongside business and GDP empirics
presented in the book points to the complexity of contemporary
cities and the diversity of processes that define their distinctive
roles in global networks and circuits. The book illustrates the
danger of competitive interpretations of global rankings, paving
the way for new research agendas focusing on fine-grained city
relational analyses.' - Kathy Pain, University of Reading, UK
Acclaim for previous edition: 'If you believe that the world
economy is composed of cities vying with one another for capital
investment, creative individuals, and high-performance firms, then
you might be curios about which cities are most successful. To find
out, you will need to consult this book. . . This reference work is
thorough in its coverage.' - R.A. Beauregard, Choice The Global
Urban Competitiveness Report 2013 is an empirical study and
evaluation of the sustainable competitiveness of 500 cities around
the world from regional, national and other perspectives. This
one-of-a-kind resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of
which are described and assessed, and involve urban economics,
geography, urban studies, regional economics and many other fields.
Using a sophisticated methodology and a team of 100 researchers
from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the book not only
ranks these cities but also presents a treasury of information with
regard to the strengths and weaknesses of each city in relation to
each other. Included is a full discussion on the structure, trends
and determinants of global urban development, prosperity and
competitiveness, and comments on the policies and initiatives that
are adopted by the most competitive cities. Chapters written by
eminent scholars and researchers from organizations such as the
United Nations Human Settlements Programme, World Bank and OECD
analyze key problems in sustainable urban competitiveness. The
research shows how global cities can improve their competitiveness
and the analysis reveals that global urban competitiveness has
increased overall, the highlight being emerging economy cities. The
comprehensive and concise index system and valuation method, and
stable and reliable data, provide an accurate reflection on many
aspects of a city and its competitiveness. Scholars and researchers
in the areas of urban economics, planning, geography and regional
economics will find the information invaluable, as will local
authorities, decision-makers and economic planners in cities
throughout the world. Contributors include: M. Cointreau, L.
Kamal-Chaoui, P.K. Kresl, C. Li, M. Li, Q. Li, K. Liu, W. Liu, P.
Ni, B. Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, S. Sassen, P.J. Taylor, X. Wang, J. Wei,
S. Wei, J. Yang, X. Yang, A. Zhang
Simultaneous confidence bands enable more intuitive and detailed
inference of regression analysis than the standard inferential
methods of parameter estimation and hypothesis testing.
Simultaneous Inference in Regression provides a thorough overview
of the construction methods and applications of simultaneous
confidence bands for various inferential purposes. It supplies
examples and MATLAB (R) programs that make it easy to apply the
methods to your own data analysis. The MATLAB programs, along with
color figures, are available for download on
www.personal.soton.ac.uk/wl/mybook.html Most of the book focuses on
normal-error linear regression models. The author presents
simultaneous confidence bands for a simple regression line, a
multiple linear regression model, and polynomial regression models.
He also uses simultaneous confidence bands to assess part of a
multiple linear regression model with the zero function, to compare
two regression models, and to evaluate more than two regression
models. The final chapter demonstrates the use of simultaneous
confidence bands in generalized linear regression models, such as
logistic regression models. This book shows how to employ
simultaneous confidence bands to make useful inferences in
regression analysis. The topics discussed can be extended to
functions other than parametric regression functions, offering
novel opportunities for research beyond linear regression models.
Integrated Human-Machine Intelligence: Beyond Artificial
Intelligence focuses on deep situational awareness in
human-computer integration, covering the interaction and
integration mechanisms of human intelligence, machine intelligence
and environmental systems. The book also details the cognitive,
philosophical, social, scientific and technological, and military
theories and methods of human-computer division, cooperation and
collaborative decision-making to provide basic theoretical support
for a development strategy in the field of national intelligence.
Sections focus on describing a new form of intelligence produced by
the interaction of human, machine and environmental systems which
will become the next generation of AI. From the perspective of deep
situational awareness in human-computer integration, the book
studies the interaction and integration mechanisms of human
intelligence, machine intelligence and environmental systems. In
addition, it details the cognitive, philosophical, social,
scientific and technological, and military theories and methods of
human-computer division, cooperation and collaborative
decision-making, so as to provide basic theoretical support for a
development strategy in the field of national intelligence.
Simultaneous confidence bands enable more intuitive and detailed
inference of regression analysis than the standard inferential
methods of parameter estimation and hypothesis testing.
Simultaneous Inference in Regression provides a thorough overview
of the construction methods and applications of simultaneous
confidence bands for various inferential purposes. It supplies
examples and MATLAB (R) programs that make it easy to apply the
methods to your own data analysis. The MATLAB programs, along with
color figures, are available for download on
www.personal.soton.ac.uk/wl/mybook.html Most of the book focuses on
normal-error linear regression models. The author presents
simultaneous confidence bands for a simple regression line, a
multiple linear regression model, and polynomial regression models.
He also uses simultaneous confidence bands to assess part of a
multiple linear regression model with the zero function, to compare
two regression models, and to evaluate more than two regression
models. The final chapter demonstrates the use of simultaneous
confidence bands in generalized linear regression models, such as
logistic regression models. This book shows how to employ
simultaneous confidence bands to make useful inferences in
regression analysis. The topics discussed can be extended to
functions other than parametric regression functions, offering
novel opportunities for research beyond linear regression models.
A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese is a unique resource
for intermediate to advanced students of Chinese. The dictionary
presents 9,000 words organized thematically in approximately 300
different subject areas. These themes cover the vocabulary
necessary for daily use and for conducting meaningful conversations
with native Chinese speakers on a variety of topics, from politics
to business, and from hobbies to education. Each vocabulary item is
annotated with the most frequent collocations, allowing learners to
improve their fluency by storing new vocabulary in larger
linguistic units. Cultural and linguistic tips enable learners to
grasp the vocabulary more effectively and increase their awareness
of Chinese culture embedded in the language. Review exercises are
provided throughout to ensure learners have ample opportunity to
practice the new material. This is a great resource for both
independent study and classroom use and will be of interest to
students and teachers of Chinese alike. For further understanding
of Chinese expressions, students are encouraged to read 500 Common
Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions and 500 Common Chinese
Idioms.
This book provides a survey of the latest research and developments
in plasma technology. In an easy and comprehensive manner, it
explores what plasma is and the technologies utilized to produce
plasma. It then investigates the main applications and their
benefits. Different from other books on the topic that focus on
specific aspects of plasma technology, the intention is to provide
an introduction to all aspects related to plasma technologies. This
book will be an ideal resource for graduate students studying
plasma technologies, in addition to researchers in physics,
engineering, and materials science. Features Accessible and easy to
understand Provides simple yet exhaustive explanations of the
foundations Explores the latest technologies and is filled with
practical applications and case studies
A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese is a unique resource
for intermediate to advanced students of Chinese. The dictionary
presents 9,000 words organized thematically in approximately 300
different subject areas. These themes cover the vocabulary
necessary for daily use and for conducting meaningful conversations
with native Chinese speakers on a variety of topics, from politics
to business, and from hobbies to education. Each vocabulary item is
annotated with the most frequent collocations, allowing learners to
improve their fluency by storing new vocabulary in larger
linguistic units. Cultural and linguistic tips enable learners to
grasp the vocabulary more effectively and increase their awareness
of Chinese culture embedded in the language. Review exercises are
provided throughout to ensure learners have ample opportunity to
practice the new material. This is a great resource for both
independent study and classroom use and will be of interest to
students and teachers of Chinese alike. For further understanding
of Chinese expressions, students are encouraged to read 500 Common
Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions and 500 Common Chinese
Idioms.
Seismic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants addresses the needs
of graduate students in engineering, practicing engineers in
industry, and regulators in government agencies, presenting the
entire process of seismic risk analysis in a clear, logical, and
concise manner. It offers a systematic and comprehensive
introduction to seismic risk analysis of critical engineering
structures focusing on nuclear power plants, with a balance between
theory and applications, and includes the latest advances in
research. It is suitable as a graduate-level textbook, for
self-study, or as a reference book. Various aspects of seismic risk
analysis - from seismic hazard, demand, and fragility analyses to
seismic risk quantification, are discussed, with detailed
step-by-step analysis of specific engineering examples. It presents
a wide range of topics essential for understanding and performing
seismic risk analysis, including engineering seismology,
probability theory and random processes, digital signal processing,
structural dynamics, random vibration, and engineering risk and
reliability.
This book, for the first time, introduces comprehensively all main
topics of lifeline earthquake engineering, including the structure
analysis, network evaluation, and network design. The distinctive
features involved in this book are the construction of theories and
methods for stochastic analysis of structures based the physical
idea, probability analytical algorithms for network evaluation by
employing Boolean Algebra, functional evaluation of water
distribution networks using hydraulic analysis, and network design
methods by employing genetic, simulated annealing, and hybrid
algorithms.
This book, for the first time, introduces comprehensively all main
topics of lifeline earthquake engineering, including the structure
analysis, network evaluation, and network design. The distinctive
features involved in this book are the construction of theories and
methods for stochastic analysis of structures based the physical
idea, probability analytical algorithms for network evaluation by
employing Boolean Algebra, functional evaluation of water
distribution networks using hydraulic analysis, and network design
methods by employing genetic, simulated annealing, and hybrid
algorithms.
This book proposes a new capital asset pricing model dubbed the
ZCAPM that outperforms other popular models in empirical tests
using US stock returns. The ZCAPM is derived from Fischer Black's
well-known zero-beta CAPM, itself a more general form of the famous
capital asset pricing model (CAPM) by 1990 Nobel Laureate William
Sharpe and others. It is widely accepted that the CAPM has failed
in its theoretical relation between market beta risk and average
stock returns, as numerous studies have shown that it does not work
in the real world with empirical stock return data. The upshot of
the CAPM's failure is that many new factors have been proposed by
researchers. However, the number of factors proposed by authors has
steadily increased into the hundreds over the past three decades.
This new ZCAPM is a path-breaking asset pricing model that is shown
to outperform popular models currently in practice in finance
across different test assets and time periods. Since asset pricing
is central to the field of finance, it can be broadly employed
across many areas, including investment analysis, cost of equity
analyses, valuation, corporate decision making, pension portfolio
management, etc. The ZCAPM represents a revolution in finance that
proves the CAPM as conceived by Sharpe and others is alive and well
in a new form, and will certainly be of interest to academics,
researchers, students, and professionals of finance, investing, and
economics.
The book offers an in-depth research of the economic situations
along the Belt and Road and the initiative's cooperation prospects,
opportunities and challenges. It draws on economic data, including
those on trade, investment, infrastructure, urban distribution,
industrial cooperation, financial integration and revision of
historical and political background. The Belt and Road initiative
(BRI) comes from not only the ancient Silk Road, but also a
long-term international cooperation between China and relevant
countries. As a China-led initiative, the BRI is built upon China's
international vision according to its development process.
Therefore, the book also discusses how China balances its own
development process among different domestic regions, and how the
Initiative fits into the changes of global economic system and
brings positive change for developing and developed economies
involved, on the long haul. Furthermore, this book aims to find out
precise direction of the initiative in order to assess appropriate
implication on development under current globalization and provide
valuable experience for future economic synergetic development by
reviewing the past cooperative experience as references for
policy-making and prospective engagementIn terms of methodology,
analyses were conducted applying multi-methods with best available
evidence to enrich the understanding of the potential of the BRI in
terms of socio-economic impact on cooperation and difference and
similarities of economic, cultural characteristics and political
system among countries.
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